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Newsom caves to Biden, signs UFW-led election bill – with some adjustments
The UFW suffered body blows that left its membership as "statistically zero." Pressure from Washington and Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature on a controversial, UFW-led union election bill may revive the farmworker union's fortunes.
Madera Co. approves penalties for excess groundwater extraction
Madera County farmers who extract more groundwater from their wells than they are allocated are set for stiff…
Westlands spearheaded Delta restoration project. Now, it faces puzzling ‘greenlash.’
If California's environmental goals get met, does it really matter if a key contributor is a long-time nemesis of special interest groups?
For Westlands Water District, kinda.
Will Madera Co.’s SGMA rebellion offer blueprint – or warning – for reckoning with farm water restrictions, costs?
One of Madera County's three critical water sub-basins is pushing back on sky-high fees to pay for state-mandated water conservation. Here's why they're mad as hell.
‘Buy American’ bill a common sense move to keep U.S. food producers flourishing
A bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk "ensures that our schoolchildren access nutritious, American-grown foods produced under the strictest safety standards in the world," writes State Sen. Anna Caballero (D–Salinas).
Newsom pushes back on Biden pressure to sign UFW election bill
Nobody – but especially Joe Biden – puts Gavin Newsom in a corner, Gavin Newsom said in a recent TV interview.
“Triple dip” La Niña on the horizon for drought-stricken Calif., U.S.
Meteorologists have predicted that a “triple-dip” La Niña is expected to occur through the remainder of 2022 and possibly into early 2023.
Biden calls on Newsom to sign UFW-backed elections bill
The UFW-backed proposal has garnered significant support from Washington, but hasn't appeared to move support from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Pelosi presses Newsom to sign UFW-backed election bill
A bill sitting on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk seeking to drastically alter union elections for California's farmworkers won a new backer: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco).
After 355-mile march, UFW staring down another defeat at Newsom’s hands
The woebegone farmworker union has sought to fundamentally alter union elections. The bill appears headed for veto by Gov. Gavin Newsom for the second straight year.
